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of water, &c. = of water and spirit. No Art. Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6). Not two things, but one, by which the latter Noun becomes a superlative and emphatic Adjective, determining the meaning and nature of the former Noun, showing that one to be spiritual water: i.e. not water but spirit. It is to be rendered "of water-yea, spiritual water". Compare Eph_5:26, and See Joh_7:38, Joh_7:39 and Eze_36:25-27 for the "earthly things" of Joh_3:12.
enter. Showing what the Lord meant by "see", in Joh_3:3.